Technology Review: A Google Killer Stumbles

Cuil (pronounced "cool") had a rough launch on Monday. Besides the breakdowns and strange results, the new search engine also has a way of attaching pictures to the entries listed after a search, pictures that have nothing to do with the result itself. One prominent academic, who does a lot of presentations, when searching on his name, came up with a number of entries about him accompanied by a man dressed only in a loin cloth. These pictures obviously had nothing to do with him and were pictures that he had never seen before and never used in any of his work. Needless to say, he was somewhat flustered. Cuil is not cool. At best, it has a way to go. Technology Review: A Google Killer Stumbles